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Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters

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On 17/02/2012 11:20 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
> Rob wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Rob wrote
>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>> Yousuf Khan wrote
>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>>> Rob wrote
>
>>>>>>>> Sorry its on a 14Gb partition which has the backup files.
>
>>>>>>>> 6.1Gb  20,000files 3700 folders
>
>>>>>>>> That better!
>
>>>>>>> Yeah, that makes much more sense.
>
>>>>>>> But you now have a problem with why it takes 5 DVDs.
>
>>>>>>> Even a very crude sector by sector copy of the whole 14GB wont take 5 SL DVDs.
>
>>>>>> It's actually 4 data DVD's, plus one DVD that contains the Windows recovery environment.
>
>>>>> The maths still dont add up.
>
>>>>> That can only account for 3 SL DVDs at most and the Win7 distribution does it fine in a single DVD.
>
>>>>> Add another for the extra crap like Office and Nortons etc and it still doesnt add up.
>
>>>> I tried to install Office off the files but it will not work. So I assume that there must be an installer somewhere
>>>> within those files and folders.
>
>>>> When I had problems with the windows install and used the backup on
>>>> the HDD it took 2.5hrs to delete the files
>
>>> Sounds like a complete abortion to take so long to do something as basic as that.
>
>>>> then another 1.5hrs to install the system up again
>
>>> Even odder that it takes twice as long to delete as to install.
>
>>>> and in doing so installed all the extras again which were on the
>>>> backup. No options.
>
>>> Yeah, thats not that unusual. You often only get the option of 32 or 64 bit versions.
>
>> On the first install it gave the option of 32 or 64 somehow I messed
>> up the install of 64 which had started.  On a reboot it went straight
>> into completing the first install. But this ended up as 32 bit, think
>> it must have defaulted into 32.
>
> Sounds very plausible/likely.
>
>> Now when you work off the B/Up partition starting with the prompts,
>> and selecting x64, you remove all files off C:  this tells you it will take 2.5hrs to complete which is exactly what
>> it took, no fast tracking etc.
>
> Biuzarre that it takes that long to do something that basic.
>
> It certainly doesnt when you use the standard Win7 Ultimate
> and change between 32 bit and 64 bit versions and I know
> that because I did that a number of times when working out
> whether a few of the quirks I did see when moving to Win7
> were due to the 64 bit version or not.
>
>> After that it proceeds to install the system etc again this tells you the exact time to complete the installation.
>
> None of the Win7 installs from the official MS Win7
> Ultimate DVD take anything like that long either even
> when you include the time to install Office and Nortons etc.
>

I haven't seen that either when installing W7 Ult.  The Toshiba came 
with Pro x32 and x64. It a Toshiba setup screen not the regular W7.


>> I didn't try to manually remove the files off C: because I didn't want
>> to loose the BUp partition - you can't see that partition under normal
>> circumstances (nor can I understand the file system)
>
>> Good learning curve. :)
>
> Yeah, its certainly that sort of thing that gets a better understanding of the basics.
>
> The other obvious question tho is why you lot dont just shrink the bootable
> C drive installed partition and use the free space you have created that
> way for the Linux partition you want to add to the Toshiba config.
>
>

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chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 10:59 -0800
  Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> - 2012-02-12 06:46 +1100
  Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 07:15 +1100
    Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 13:00 -0800
      Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 08:53 +1100
        Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 21:54 -0800
          Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 19:31 +1100
            Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 07:04 -0800
  Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-11 19:02 -0500
    Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 13:21 +1100
      Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 22:05 -0800
        Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 19:39 +1100
          Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 19:24 -0800
            Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 19:37 -0800
            Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-13 19:52 +1100
              Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-13 22:20 -0800
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-13 22:31 -0800
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 02:40 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-14 20:51 -0800
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 16:12 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 02:36 +1100
      Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 03:15 +1100
        Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 07:43 +1100
          Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 14:29 +1100
            Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 16:05 +1100
              Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-16 12:40 -0500
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 07:59 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 08:55 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 09:41 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 10:14 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 11:20 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 23:37 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-18 01:02 +1100

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